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Soon after, the Willoughby Heights, Aldergrove, and Chilliwack Canadian Reformed Churches, as well as the United Reformed Church in New Westminster, came together to build a place in Burnaby for people to learn about the Christian faith.

Approaching its first-year anniversary, the Burnaby Reading Room provides a non-confrontational space for Christians and non-Christians to explore the religion, ask questions, and have lengthy discussions. The room offers comfortable seating, books and other literature, and has volunteers on hand to answer questions.

Those looking for deeper explorations are welcome to participate in the weekly, drop-in Bible study sessions on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m.

“We discuss a range of topics in the Bible and apply them to modern day living,” says a volunteer. “It’s a comfortable, open environment where people can ask questions about life.”

The Canadian Reformed Church was born out of the Reformation in the beginning of the sixteenth century, when some felt the Church of Rome had strayed too far from its scriptural roots.

Today, the church believes the Holy Bible is the Word of God, and that God’s Word represents the final rule of faith and life. It has adopted three creeds from the early church—the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed—and three confessions from the Reformation—the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort.